Abstract: Sugar alcohols are prepared by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in the liquid phase over a heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst, with the exception of the preparation of sorbitol, wherein the heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst is prepared by: i) treating a support material based on amorphous silicon dioxide comprising at least 95% by weight of silicon dioxide and less than 1% by weight aluminum oxide, calculated as Al2O3, one or more times with a halogen-free aqueous solution of a low molecular weight ruthenium compound which is a ruthenium (III) salt or a metal ruthenate and subsequently drying the treated support material at a temperature below 200° C., and ii) reducing the solid obtained in i) by means of hydrogen at a temperature ranging from 100 to 350° C., wherein step ii) is carried out directly after step i), and wherein the ruthenium content in the catalyst ranges from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the support material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for stabilizing and securing banks, hillsides and slopes, and structures present at least partly in moving waters, such as supporting and construction elements, by composite materials comprising mineral particles, preferably stones, in particular crushed rock, and an epoxy resin.

Abstract: Process for preparing polyurethanes having an Asker C hardness of from 1 to 70 by reacting (a) isocyanates with (b) compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates, wherein (b1) monools which have a molecular weight in the range from 1500 g/mol to 6000 g/mol and are based on monoalcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms which have been alkoxylated by means of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide are used as (b) compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates.

Abstract: 5-Methyl-6-phenyltriazolopyrimidinylamines of the formula I, in which the substituents are defined according to the description, processes for preparing these compounds, compositions comprising them and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyfluoroanthenes containing repeat units of general formula (I), said method consisting of the following steps: a) a monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is produced; b) optionally the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is converted into another monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIb; and c) the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa or IIb is polymerised, optionally together with at least one other comonomer. The invention also relates to polyfluoroanthenes that can be produced according to the inventive method, films, a light-emitting layer containing or consisting of at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing an inventive light-emitting layer, a device containing an inventive OLED, and the use of the inventive polyfluoroanthene emitter substances in OLEDs.

Abstract: N-(4-Pyridyl)methylsulfonamides for combating arthropodal pests The present invention relates to the use of N-(4-pyridyl)methylsulfonamides of the formula for combating arthropodal pests (harmful arthropodes) and for protecting materials against infestation and/or destruction by said pests: (I) where the substituents are as follows: R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl or benzyl; R2, R3, R4, R5 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 and R3 or R4 and R5 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached may also form a condensed 5- or 6-membered hydro-carbon ring, it being possible for the hydrocarbon ring to carry one or two groups R2?, R3?, R2?, R3? independently of one another are halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, halomethoxy or halomethyl; X is a cyclic radical selected from phenyl, naphthyl and five- or six-membered saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic heterocycles, the heter

Abstract: A directly tabletable ibuprofen formulation comprising a) 50-99% by weight of crystalline ibuprofen, b) 1-15% by weight of a finely divided excipient with a surface area of at least 100 m2/g, and c) 0-40% by weight of further excipients, with the proviso that the total amount of components a) to c) corresponds to 100% by weight, where at least 50% of the surface of the ibuprofen crystals are covered with the finely divided excipient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic cell comprising a photovoltaically active semiconductor material, wherein the photovoltaically active semiconductor material is a material of the formula (I), of the formula (II) or of a combination thereof: (Zn1-xMgxTe)1-y(MnTem)y and ??(I) (ZnTe)1-y(MeaMb)y, where ??(II) MnTem and MeaMb are each a dopant in which M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn. Pb, Sb and Bi and Me is at least one element selected from the group consisting of mg and Zn, and x=0 to 0.5 y=0.0001 to 0.05 n=1 to 2 m=0.5 to 4 a=1 to 5 and b=1 to 3.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for continuously preparing polyether alcohols using DMC catalysts, which comprises, in a first step, in a continuous reactor, adding alkylene oxides onto H-functional starter substances and transferring the output of this reactor to a second step in a reactor which is divided by closed trays into mutually separate sections, known as compartments, which are connected to one another by external pipelines, in which the output of the reactor from the first step of the reaction passes through the compartments in succession.

Abstract: A process for producing a water-absorbing polymer by polymerizing a monomer solution and drying the resulting hydrogel by means of a heated gas stream comprises effecting the drying in two or more temperature zones, and/or the gas stream is flowed against the hydrogel upwardly in the upstream sector of the belt dryer and downwardly in the downstream sector of the belt dryer, the direction of flow being reversed at a water content of 15% to 45% by weight for the hydrogel, and/or the hydrogel layer is flowed against in a belt dryer upwardly to some extent at least, the gas velocity being 5% to 30% of the gas velocity required to lift the hydrogel off the belt, also apparatus for carrying out the process and use of the water-absorbing polymers produced by the process to produce hygiene articles.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process, preferably a solventless process, for producing a polyurethane layer and its use as artificial leather.

Abstract: A process for preparing a coated catalyst in which a finely divided mixture of a multielement oxide comprising the elements Mo and V and a molybdenum oxide or a molybdenum oxide former is applied to the surface of a support body as an active composition.

Abstract: Process for production of multicomponent moldings, which comprises producing a molding of which at least one layer is composed of a thermoplastic molding composition composed of A) from 10 to 99.99% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B) from 0.01 to 50% by weight of B1) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate having an OH number of from 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, Part 2), or B2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type, where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or a mixture of these, and C) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to C) is 100%.

Abstract: Use of thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 99.9% by weight of polyethylene terephthalate, B) from 0.01 to 50% by weight of B1) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate with an OH number of from 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, Part 2), or B2) at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of AxBy type; where x is at least 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or a mixture of these C) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to C) is 100%, for production of fibers or of liquid containers.

Abstract: Process for the production of filler-containing papers and filler-containing paper products by addition of an aqueous suspension of at least one finely divided polymer-pigment hybrid to a paper stock and drainage of the paper stock with sheet formation, the polymer-pigment hybrid being obtainable by milling an aqueous suspension of at least one inorganic pigment in the presence of at least one binder and, if appropriate, by drying the aqueous suspension thus obtainable and redispersing the dried polymer-pigment hybrid in water, and the use of the polymer-pigment hybrids thus obtainable as a filler for the production of filler-containing paper or filler-containing paper products.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to identify and provide a substance that influences the protein concentration of animal organisms as well as to provide preparations based on said substance for use in food for animals and humans. Said aim is achieved by using tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof. The invention thus relates to the use of tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof for producing preparations that are suitable for increasing the protein concentration of animal organisms. Also disclosed is the use of preparations containing tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof in animal fodder or food for humans.

Abstract: Solid dosage forms containing at least one polymer binder, at least one active ingredient and, where appropriate, conventional additives, wherein a physiologically tolerated, water-swellable graft copolymer or a mixture of graft copolymers is employed as polymeric binder.

Abstract: Lactones are prepared by catalytic carbonylation of oxiranes using a catalyst system comprising a) at least one cobalt compound as component A and b) at least one metal compound of the formula (I) as component B, MXxRn-x ??(I) where M is an alkaline earth metal or a metal of group 3, 4 or preferably 12 or 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical which may be substituted on the carbon atoms other than the carbon atom bound to M, X is an anion, n is a number corresponding to the valence of M and x is in the range from 0 to n, with n and x being selected so that the compound is uncharged, as catalyst.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon trap comprises an Ag-zeolite which is heated by a unique steaming regimen.

Abstract: Methods for cooling a fuel cell include providing in a fuel cell coolant system an aqueous fuel cell coolant composition having an initial electrical conductivity of at most 50 ?S/cm. The fuel cell coolant compositions include an alkylene glycol and water solution, and an additive consisting of one or more five membered heterocyclic compounds (azole derivatives) having 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and sulfur, which contain no or at most one sulfur atom and which may carry a fused aromatic or saturated six-membered ring, and an orthosilicate in an amount to provide a silicon content of from 2 to 2000 ppm by weight.